. >> a lot of folks have been looking for work for a long time here in detroit and across michigan and all across the midwest and all across the country. we've got a lot more work to do to recover fully from this recession. i'm not satisfied just to get back to where we were before the recession. we've got to fully restore the middle class in america. >> so what the president's actually talking about there is a new plan funded by congress, by the central, american government, pumping more money into the economy and getting more people back to work, effect., in will mr. obama be able to get that past congress and its furiously hostile republicans, we wait to see. many think it's unlikely. this battle shaping up looks like quite a vivid test of the effectiveness of president obama's presidency and his ability to actually make a the u.s. economy. >> that was adam brooks in washington. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come, rescuers continue their search for victims in western japan. >> and cubans pay tribute to the late defense minister. now, an independent inquiry which will